Fresh out of prison, Ray Dokes, hooks up with his old friend Pete Culpepper, a thoroughbred racehorse breeder, but Pete’s debts are piling up and his only option is to sell. Bad-boy Sonny Stanton is buying the entire concession of farmland to build a golf course. Ray reacts by pulling together the community and coming up with a plan to stop Sonny. But going straight is never easy, and doing the right thing could land him back in jail.